Winter season is still upon us which means that we still want to enjoy delicious barbecue meals but have opportunities to cook it in the comfort of our own home rather than outside in the possibly not so pleasant winter weather! If you are having some trouble deciding how to cook up a delicious barbecue meal that is reminiscent of your own delicious barbecue favorites from the summer, then keep on reading! Today we will spotlight chicken and all the ways that you can mimic that delicious BBQ flavor utilizing your own home oven!

Best Oven-Baked BBQ Chicken (delish.com)

Ingredients for BBQ Sauce

• 1 ½ cup ketchup
• 1 cup packed brown sugar
• ¼ cup apple cider vinegar
• ½ cup water
• 1 tbsp molasses
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1 ½ tsp kosher salt
• ½ tsp onion powder
• ½ tsp garlic powder
• ¼ tsp ground mustard

Ingredients for Chicken

• 3 lb. bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs, drumsticks, and breasts
• 1 tbsp of extra-virgin olive oil
• 2 large onions, thinly sliced

Directions

1. In order to make barbecue sauce, first begin by combining the ketchup, water, apple cider vinegar, brown sugar, molasses, spices, and Worcestershire sauce. Be sure to reserve about 1 cup of this sauce for later. Add in chicken pieces to the remaining barbecue sauce. Be sure to cover and refrigerate for either 1 hour or up to overnight.
2. Next, preheat the oven to 425 degrees Fahrenheit and line up a large baking sheet with foil. Place the cut onions all along the foil and drizzle with oil. Be sure to toss it up in order to fully coat it. Place the chicken on top of the onions and be sure that the chicken is facing with the skin side up. Bake the chicken until it is golden and check to ensure that the internal temperature is at 165 degrees Fahrenheit. This may take around 30-40 minutes.
3. After this, be sure to turn the oven to broil. Brush all the chicken with the remaining barbecue sauce and broil until the skin turns crispy. This should take about 5 minutes. Once the chicken has become crispy then feel free to take it out of the oven and enjoy!

Baked Honey BBQ Chicken Fingers (sallysbakingaddiction.com)

Ingredients

• 1 ½ pounds skinless, boneless chicken breasts or tenders
• ½ cup honey
• ¾ cup BBQ sauce
• ½ cup of whole wheat flavor or all-purpose flour
• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon smoked paprika
• 2 large eggs
• 1 ½ cup panko
• Nonstick spray

Directions

1. First begin by combining the honey and barbecue sauce in a large bowl. If you are using chicken breasts, then please pound the chicken breast and cut into strips. If you are using boneless, skinless chicken tenders then cut in half lengthwise. Add the chicken strips to the bowl and stir them to coat. Cover everything tightly and be sure to marinate the chicken in the refrigerator for about 30 minutes and up to 4-6 hours. Be sure to note that the longer the chicken sits in the marinade, then the more flavorful the chicken will be!
2. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit. Then proceed to line a nonstick spray over the baking sheet.
3. In another dish, combine the flour, salt, pepper, and smoke paprika. Beat the eggs in another dish. Pour Panko breadcrumbs into another dish. Then proceed to coat each chicken strip in flour before shaking off any excess. After that, dip each strip in the egg mixture and allow any excess to drip off. Then proceed to roll all chicken strips into the breadcrumbs before again shaking off the excess. Place chicken strips on the baking sheet. Spray chicken strips with nonstick spray in order to seal the breading on the meat. 
4. Bake everything for 10 minutes and be sure to turn each piece over and continue baking the meat until the outside is crisp and the centers are thoroughly cooked. This will take about 10 minutes more. Bake longer if you prefer a dark brown color. 

Serve up chicken fingers with even more BB Q sauce and enjoy!